Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
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mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
machine
engine
opportunity
intention
aircraft
pivot
crucial point
flexible (quick-witted)
organic M: 台tái [台]
witty
handphone
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
horizontal position; describes a person who is unreasonable or irrational
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel